fnfarms1
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So I've always told my wife if I had my choice, I'd sell the whole herd and buy a matching set. I went to an old friends house to pick up a pup we were given after my son's heeler pup was ran over. Took me out to see their red angus herd. Wow they were so uniform you couldn't tell them apart. Outstanding group. My herd is mixed Angus, simangus, and charolois crosses that I've put together over the years. 1/3 of them are coming 10yr olds next year. I saved 14k in cash, I've got 5 replacement heifers 600ish lbs. well I started kicking around the idea to sell out and buy back a matching set. Not sure I'm that much of a gambler though, so here's my 2 scenarios. I'm really moving toward red angus, the heat tolerance and fertility I see I like. I'm not a real big "gota be black guy". My black and BWF cows stand in the pond a lot and calves walk the bank wanting milk. My herd avgs 30-35 hd, But can't just sell and buy 20hd of tip top cows. I have mortgage payments etc to make. Hadn't planned this kind of deal until place was paid off, but that's 5+ yrs off. I'm a believer in 80hd of quality will produce same $ as 100hd of junk.
#1 I've found a group of 18 - 3-6yr old red Angus cows calve spring. Plan to sell 5rep heifers and 10-12 cows plus my 14k to make it work. Would be a good building block to a red angus herd.
#2 is to buy 12 bred heifers that would continue my current mixed herd. Less cost and risk. Sell my rep heifers and savings.
Biggest risk to #1 is if my cows/rep heifers bring enough to cover the swap. Thoughts?
#1 I've found a group of 18 - 3-6yr old red Angus cows calve spring. Plan to sell 5rep heifers and 10-12 cows plus my 14k to make it work. Would be a good building block to a red angus herd.
#2 is to buy 12 bred heifers that would continue my current mixed herd. Less cost and risk. Sell my rep heifers and savings.
Biggest risk to #1 is if my cows/rep heifers bring enough to cover the swap. Thoughts?